What is "nessie"

colloquial name of the "Loch Ness monster," 1945. The loch is named for the river Ness, probably from an Old Celtic word meaning "roaring one."

NESSIE (New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption) was a European research project funded from 2000–2003 to identify secure cryptographic primitives. The project was comparable to the NIST AES process and the Japanese Government-sponsored CRYPTREC project, but with notable differences from both. In particular, there is both overlap and disagreement between the selections and recommendations from NESSIE and CRYPTREC (as of the August 2003 draft report). The NESSIE participants include some of the foremost active cryptographers in the world, as does the CRYPTREC project.

NESSIE was intended to identify and evaluate quality cryptographic designs in several categories, and to that end issued a public call for submissions in March 2000. Forty-two were received, and in February 2003 twelve of the submissions were selected. In addition, five algorithms already publicly known, but not explicitly submitted to the project, were chosen as "selectees". The project has publicly announced that "no weaknesses were found in the selected designs".

Nessie is the Loch Ness Monster, a cryptid that reputedly inhabits the Loch Ness lake in Scotland.

Nessie or NESSIE may also refer to:

• NESSIE or New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption, a European research project to identify secure cryptographic primitives
• Mitsubishi Nessie, a concept automobile
• Renesmee Carlie Cullen or Nessie, a character in Breaking Dawn
• Vanessa Kapatelis or Nessie, a character in the Wonder Woman comic books
• Nessie, an amphibious character in the Boneyard comic book series